Like so many others – Blanchett, Swinton, Saldana (okay, maybe not that many others ) – Lucy Liu is in that rarefied group of people we find it very difficult to criticize. In fact, when one of our PhD-level dress-wearers puts something on that isn’t working for us, we tend to immediately think “Is it us? Are we just not getting the brilliance behind this look?”

Believe us when we say, that’s not a sentiment that pops into our heads often.

The shape is great on her; very dramatic. But we really don’t think that old-bra color works against her skin tone at all and we tend to think the bottom half of this dress looks like a cheap and highly flammable bedspread and curtain set.

But then you take a step back, blur your eyes a bit, and she looks lovely. It’s like that optical illusion that goes back and forth from an old lady’s face to a young girl’s face. Depending on the angle, this is either pretty or ugly. Kittens make the call.

It looks like my mother-in-law’s old bedspread. The color doesn’t work and that bizarre panel that runs from belly to knees is not flattering.

Makeup is understated and pretty, tho. And I love her hair.

AudreysMom

Looks like my grandmother’s underwear drawer. OUT.

http://zapit.nu/2Am Gloria Hairston

It’s like a painting, see? From far away, it’s OK, but up close, it’s a big old mess...DemoforFrank.blogspot.com

EditKitten

Tai: Do you think she’s pretty?
Cher: No, she’s a full-on Monet.
Tai: What’s a Monet?
Cher: It’s like a painting, see? From far away, it’s OK, but up close, it’s a big old mess.

Though I think Lucy is lovely, this is the first thing I thought of

YourBaloneyDontGotNoSecondName

bless you.

SRQkitten

Edit kitten,
When I looked at this I too thought “Monet” for exactly the same reason! Thanks for pulling up the exact quote that explains it so well!
srq

ballerinawithagun

One of the best movie fashion moments! Thanks!

http://profiles.google.com/anplica Anplica Fiore

I want to tear off the ruffles on the bottom half of her bedskirt. They make this an out for me, and I LOVE her hair, makeup & even the bodice of this dress.

http://twitter.com/londonpenguin Teresa M.

She needs to pull a Jamie Lee Curtis in “True Lies” and rip off all the ruffles from the knees on down.

Celandine1

LMAO for that reference! Unfortunately it still is an ugly dress, less ugly, but still ugly. That color is awful. Why do textile manufacturers even make that color??? Lucy usually looks really interesting but this is OUT.

http://profiles.google.com/shawna.ready shawna ready

OUT. Hate it.

SojournerYouth

Yeah. That dress has gills, and its the color of raw pork. O-U-T!

thecitysleeps

I can’t believe I like it. She’s so sexy, she’s workin the sexy lingerie ruffles.

Sobaika

Glad I’m not the only one! In. In, in, in!

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=703335175 Hannah Shmulsky

Agreed! Definitely IN. Very romantic!

pookiesmom

I’m with you. In!

http://twitter.com/BobbiNJ Bobbi

Ugggggggggly!!

http://twitter.com/sebwfu Shannon Beamer

Out. She is sublime, but that dress looks like Donatella decided to sew a bunch of old napkins together.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=548771689 Colin Whit Worth

in

kikisayshi

OUT! It looks exactly like my MIL’s cream-colored ruffled curtains from Southern Living Magazine circa 1972. They are still hanging in her house.

http://twitter.com/PhDKnitter marlie

Out. It looks like a nightie.

Bozhi

Is Lucy now a country singer? If not, than OUT.

l3icest3r

Jesus take the wheel, that’s an ugly dress!

http://twitter.com/TheRedZavodnik Ginger

Even if she IS a country singer, then it’s still an out!

TheOriginalLulu

This totally looks like something Carrie Underwood would wear.

Celandine1

Not enough sequins and sparkle for Carrie.

lamamu

Stick some sleeves and a high collar on it and we’ve got Loretta Lynn circa 1978.

hughman

Mostly I just find it hard to believe this is actually a Versace dress.

makeityourself

Hugh, I agree with you. This looks a lot more like the Valentino pseudo-granny-little-house-on-the-prairie stuff that the Valentino team has been churning out lately. Maybe the photo service messed up their “V’s” and switched the two names. I can’t see Donatella having the patience for all of those ruffles.

schadenfreudelicious

send that one back to the bordello window from whence it came…OUT!

TieDye64

OUT. You guys called it right on the bottom half looking like “a cheap and highly flammable bedspread and curtain set”. A dingy one.

http://twitter.com/crush_onyou crush on you

I know, right? Now I just can’t un-see it. Damn! And to think I initially liked it quite a bit (though that is definitely not her color).

Hetha Innis

This might be amazing in person, but obviously doesn’t photograph well. She is so gorgeous though, that she’s making it sing.

http://twitter.com/Jiillx Jill S. Heller

OUT. this is a full on ruffletastrophe.

Isadora Paiva

Nope, I think it’s ugly on pretty much every angle. If the old bra color and the bottom that resembles a curtain set weren’t enough to make this an out, those sheer panels definitely make this an easy call. OUT.

ETA: I do think she looks lovely from the neck up though.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ENBX3563Q4ZNCVRGSJVFIB7OAA Thom

She’s doing her damnedest by it, but really, this dress is too much. Taken as a whole, there are ruffles and cut-outs running at 0, 45, 90, and 135 degrees, in conflicting textures, too (sleek/flippy/lacey). Hair and make-up look good, and kudos to the contrasting clutch, but this dress will always be OUT.

LongTall_Sally

OUT! There is just too much going on in the bottom half.

librarygrrl64

OUT. Looks like someone turned an antique Victorian piano scarf into a gown.

kelsita421

it’s frilly and the color is blah, but she’s in.

Qitkat

No sweetie.
While there are some very pretty elements, especially on the model pose, this does Miss Lucy no favors.
It’s probably more flattering in person. Sometimes photographs really wash out these *old bra* colors.

lilibetp

Beautiful down to mid-thigh.

another_laura

It is not you! It’s the color and even though hemmed properly in front, that train looks to be swamping her tiny self.

OUT. A rare misfire!

Call me Bee

Nah–I gotta say OUT. It’s an interesting dress–but way too much going on with the lace cut-outs and ruffles and weird front panel and horrendous color. (Would this color look good on anyone? Anyone at all?) It does fit her perfectly, and the hem is exactly the right length. Hair and face are lovely–she’s the cutest thing! But still. OUT

DesLivres

It looks like an old lady slip that got fed after midnight.

http://twitter.com/LianaBrooks Liana Brooks

out

joolyz

I wish it was a little more pink, but i think she looks gorgeous. IN.

jtabz

Ditto this!

jw_ny

OUT!

It does look better when I blur my eyes, even better when they’re shut.

joe_tey83

It’s a Project Runway challenge whereby they make a dress out of old bras.

Chickadeep

…and the designer who made it was sent home.

lovelyivy

OUT. She looks like a kid wearing one of Mom’s old (couture, noxiously expensive) bridesmaid dresses. This is just way too much dress for her. Maybe if they lopped off the hem?

Carla_Charlton

Maybe in real life this looks pretty, but in the photo, it reminds me of fabric you might see on a “Victorian” pillow at a craft show.

melanie0866

Out.

http://profile.yahoo.com/WRIGZZ4I2MRXWVTR5MQVH5PNB4 Henry

IN. She looks transcendental. And that’s something that takes some time to achieve.

SpcilK

OUT – Horrible!

MilaXX

OUT! She’s almost making it work, but it’s an awful fussy dress. I could forgive the fussiness if it was a better color, but as it is NO.

leftcoastpickle

Bedspread. Out.

Sue_Asponte

Oooh, it reminds me of my Gunne Sax dress from high school, and I mean that in a good way. I don’t like the old-bra color either, so I wouldn’t call this a WERQ, but it’s lovely and so is she. IN.

http://www.facebook.com/joy.yeager Joy Yeager

Oh, that’s pretty ugly…OUT

http://twitter.com/dodgefan Lisa Weaver

OUT – Pretty UGLY

AlexisPayne

The dress falls apart somewhere around the middle, definite scroll down fug. Out.

Joyce VG

OUT. sorry luce

Scarlet39

It’s an old pair of curtains.

OUT

http://twitter.com/obscureobjects David Calder

Her boobs have gills.

carolynmo

No. No. It’s a terrible dress.

MsKitty

I’m having a flashback to that scene in “Pretty in Pink” when Molly Ringwald made her prom dress. OUT.

Chickadeep

Outey-out-out-out, with a side of get-the-f*ck-OUT.

http://surelysonsy.blogspot.com/ Jessica | Surely Sonsy

OUT. not good. not good at all.

BrightsideSusan

She is lovely, the dress is not.

butterflysunita

That bedspread dress is a rare OUT for Lucy Liu and a waste of her beauty.

Pennymac

NO! Its a sea anemone dress!

OUT.

ohayayay

Jolie-Laide! Which, in my mind, is an in.

minnye

Don’t like the dress but it fits Lucy beautifully and she looks graceful and comfortable. Love the old fashioned hair & simple makeup that shows off her charming freckles. IN.

SheWhoMustBeObeyed

Darlings T and Lo, it’s not you. That dress is not even a Monet. It’s just ugly. Out.

mila_8

Out. Just about any other color in the wheel would be an improvement, and cut off everything after the first ruffle at the knee.

yetanotherLaura

OUT. A hideous frippery of flappy ruffles!

http://asskickingadviser.com/ Ass Kicking Adviser

OUT. It’s not you. She looks lovely because she is Lucy Liu and Lucy Liu always looks lovely. But this dress is ick. Luckily, Lucy can manage it and hopefully we will never hear from it again.

NurseEllen

OUT. Not only ugly, but REALLY ugly.

julnyes

Out – Ugly!
She is lovely to behold, but that dress is hateful.

jmorino08

From the waist up, perfection. The bottom half of that dress is a whole lot of tacky for a whole lot of reasons. Out.

j_anson

OUT. I don’t actually think it’s that bad, but I’m SICK of that color. Every designer out there should be forced to hang an old bra in their office with a big “NO” sign over it.

Sorry, Lucy Liu – you are normally fabulous, but this time, you look like a romantic flamenco danser who made her dress out of 100 night slips. Out. Go kick ass next time, like an angel.

Elizabeth Davis

All I can see is that hideous panel in the front. It makes the dress just look vulgar — especially on the model. Like she’s wearing a necktie on her crotch.

Laurie Bergman

OUT. This is droopy, tired 1903 overspill. I just think she had to get all the ruffly folderol out of her system for one night.

http://www.facebook.com/samuel.j.donovan Samuel Joesph Donovan

In–she looks lovely.

kimmeister

As much as it pains me, I have to give her an out this time. The color’s all wrong, you can see the owie on her boob, and the lace inserts are just vulgar. Belongs on Cher like 25 years ago.

YourBaloneyDontGotNoSecondName

i J’HATE that dress. however, it does look almost spectacular on o-ren. if it were in a different color, this would have been a straight up WERQ. on a side note, i’m in the middle of moving, and i’m exhausted, and i have a huge drive in front of me tomorrow. i need some fassbender or manganiello to get me through the next 24 hours. surely TLO have something like the bat-signal, where they can just shine a light in the sky and gorgeous hollywood hunks know it is time to disrobe and get papped.

Rand Ortega

God, LuLiu is so gorgeous! Her freckles are indescribably delicious! The makeup, the hair– flawless. But that dress is a jr high home ec (eck!) badly dyed disaster. It keeps trying & trying until it gives up & dies away from her feet in a hideous puddle on the floor.

Hermione_Granger

Out. But what if it were black?

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_F73LIJ3SJGI5AJQMXMWXCKILHI Pamela

FUG. OUT.

PaulaBerman

Your love for Lucy is blinding you to the fact that this dress is just not very attractive. All those flounces look dated, and the old bra color makes it look like some sort of sea anemone. OUT.

phrenk

IN! Pretty!

http://twitter.com/TheRedZavodnik Ginger

I’m afraid that all of the wonky plastic surgery has messed with Donatella’s vision. *sniff*

http://twitter.com/Kikishua CMS

It’s not TOO bad, if I close my eyes and don’t actually look.

http://www.lippsisters.com/ Deborah Lipp

OUT. This doesn’t even take any second guessing for me.

kolokOlchik

nope, it’s fugly

RoxieRider

From the boobs up, she looks spectacular and magnificent. I can’t with the dress. I’m trying and trying and I just cannot. I genuinely detest that dress.I want to give her an in for the Power of the Liu, but I think the dress does her in. A reluctant Out.

TheOriginalLulu

OUT
No amount of pulling back or eye-squinting can change the fact that this dress looks like an old lady’s “good” bedspread that she’s had since the day she got married, back in 1949.

I don’t see this chick as being in the same league as Blanchett, Swinton and Saldana AT ALL.

http://twitter.com/#!/Space_Kitty Space Kitty

I’ve been going round and round trying to figure out how she doesn’t look ridiculous in that hot mess of a frock and can only conclude that means she’s IN.

I don’t understand it either.

nannypoo

Nope. Just ugly.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Mary-Stone/100001328135240 Mary Stone

Taking my glasses off is not working for me.

Nope, the “tired bra” color and too many fussy things going on (peplums on top of peplums on top of peplums beneath all that inexpensive looking insertion lace). make it an out for me too.

Pants_are_a_must

OUT. This is not your dress color, Ms. Watson.

Kate4queen

sorry, Out. wrong colour for her entirely.

http://twitter.com/amandawelliver Amanda Welliver

I think if the skirt were lined I’d love it. As it is, the shadows are disturbing.

sweet_potato

OUT. That dress is going off in too many different directions and it is “old bra” color.

Megan Patterson

Horrrrrriiiibbble. Everything above the neck looks fab though. Well and of course the bod under the ugly dress.

allj

I’m going to have to vote out. I like it in theory, but it’s just way too much. Sorry, Lu. But your freckles are adorable.

Beth G

Looks like one of those hokey “wedding night” negligee.

kingderella

nooooo no no no. this dress is ugly as fuck, and the colour is all wrong. OUT.

http://twitter.com/SparklyCasanova UglyCasanova

Out. Looks like lingerie from Little House on the Prairie times. Not really sure if it is is you or if it is is not you, definitely is is not working, for me at least. ;D

http://twitter.com/lenabena_ Elena

Out.

Looks good on the model, but not on Lucy. The color is doing her no favors.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1313126032 Ajuna Ariel Fenty

All I care about is DOES THIS BISH EVER AGE??? WTF???? WHY HAVE YOU LOOKED THE SAME FOR, LIKE, THE PAST, I DON’T KNOW, 15 YEARS???? I can’t do this right now. I just can’t.

http://www.facebook.com/izzzyy Dixie Murphy Ross

Out.

greyhoundgirl

Too fluffy. Wrong color for her. OUT

alyce1213

It’s a color and see-through thing.
So out.

Nicole Merrill

IN!

EEKstl

I can’t say out because 1. It’s Lucy Liu and 2. It’s a beautiful dress and 3. While the color is a bit washed out and the bottom is a bit Wild West Saloon, it’s still somehow working. So I’m saying IN, even while I’m not exactly sure WHY I’m saying it. If that’s damning with faint praise then so be it.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_CQPXLNCBM5CZSHZZXJDHPVFS7E Buffy

Nope. But this dress might look great on someone with darker skin tones…

Le_Sigh

Out. I want to throw that dress in a bucket of bleach.

MoHub

Wrong color. She looks like one of the Simpsons.

LambeeBaby

Out. I thought the color was ruining the dress, but any other color would look hideous.

Jai Mystery

Out. That dress looks like a jilted bride has been sniveling into all day.

Her hair is lovely – the dress is just a big ‘ol mess though she does make a valiant effort. OUT

Susan Carley Oliver

Out. The colour is not flattering at all, and the lace insets are too sheer to do well without a liner.

Tracy_Flick

OUT. Miss Haversham’s curtains.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1129137319 Paula Pertile

Grandma curtains.

http://twitter.com/kerrymccombs Kerry McCombs

I’m going to give it an IN, but only barely because the color is too blah. I do love a girl who embraces her freckles!

Belvane

She looks very pretty, but she’s way too short for this dress. It needs about ten miles of legs to make all that frou-frou work.

enchanted216

OUT! Mostly because the color completely washes her out. Also, something with the neckline. It’s either the wrong shape for her or she needs a necklace.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Sarah-Adams/1143985903 Sarah Adams

OUT. Lucy is almost making it work, but this is an Etsy / upcycled lace and old underwear dress. It just doesn’t work.

Lisa Dugan

Top half – IN Bottom half – out. Barely barely an in for me. Gorgeous hair and face pushed it over.

holdmewhileimnaked

no.
what makes the dress on the model is how perfectly pointed & appointed is each ruffle, someone spent plenty of time & energy & possibly even glue or its equivalent getting every single one of them to stand outward just so. & it worked, that dress looks astonishing in that context.
but on LL, here, it looks like a long, too-long rumpled slip. the color doesnt help–it’s apparently a sweeter blush-rose on the model–& while i think it would be better had they kept it that way, i’m uncertain if a more subtly stunning color would have been enough to rescue something that just isnt making its mark. w/o it, though, no, nope, it really doesnt work.

It looks like its designed to make her hips look HUGE. She’s tiny, she should not look like that on camera. Absolutely out

Carlodog

To me, Versace stands for “tacky mess.” When was the last time I thought a Versace outfit looked classy? This is more of the same as far as I’m concerned.

ChelseaNH

OUT. It’s the dress — it doesn’t look good on the model, either. Waaaaaaay too busy.

rh33

Out. Her hips have gills.

http://www.youtube.com/user/toodleskitty79?feature=guide AWS

OUT

butter nut

OUT – in any other color this would be a stunner. but this dirty old nightie has to go.

StellaZafella

I love Ms Liu (couldn’t say I love Lucy, that would date me).

But
This makes me think of a 1920’s Truceau nighty…

“Put that thing back ovee the victrola, maudy, and get back in bed!”

michelle shields

like the dress but not on her. OUT!
and what’s wrong with her eye? looks someone socked her a good one.

l3icest3r

“As your leader, I encourage you from time to time, and always in a respectful manner, to question my dress.”

leave_Blake_alone

IN, although I’m surprised I feel that way. I don’t like the color and I don’t normally like gowns like that either, but something about this just works for me. Maybe she really is a PhD-level dress wearer!

http://cheekypinky.wordpress.com/ Rebecca

Looks like a Jessica McClintock reject. Liu is better than this!

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_B53PQYXSJR4YJBV3J6BWYSICRQ Jamie

OUT – sorry

Funkykatt

I wore that thing to the prom in ’76 except mine was a horrible sky blue. Five other girls were wearing the same Gunne Sax dress and I wanted a group photo but they all ran.

aristida_girl

OUT, you have to be 6 feet tall and size 00 to wear this look…

belfebe

OUT. It’s the color. The dress is great. Make it burgundy and we would fave a different conversation.

Lilak

I can smell the mothballs from here ~

http://gabyrippling.tumblr.com/ Gabriella M

I’m sorry, I don’t think anyone ever looks good in tit ruffles. OUT.

amber_julene

Little House on the Prairie hooker. Sorry.

AuntieAnonny

Oh god, that’s a contender for 2012 Worst Dressed.

OUT.

http://twitter.com/Wint3rhart Winterhart

It’s not just Lucy. It looks like two sets of curtains having a knife fight on the model, too.

Sara__B

OUT. Even Lucy Liu’s mad red carpet skills can’t make up for the fact that she’s too short for this gown.

Ksagun13

OUT!! She’s beautiful, but I hate the color and there are too many ruffles. Why do they keep making beautiful dresses in that hideous color? And why does ANYONE think it looks good???

littlemac8

I think the whole baggy saggy ruffley thing looks like it’s about to slide right off of her and IMHO that would be a blessing!

granddelusion

Out!

boweryboy

IN only because this is a case when the fierceness and fabulosity of the wearer outweighs the fugliness of the frock.

Violina23

Ugly.

Judy_S

Doesn’t work. OUT.
and I gave Keira an IN!!!!!! Even though I thought her dress was stupid. It just looked like it belonged on her. This dress does not belong on Lucy.

C Silberman

Out. It looks like the undergarments of someone on “Deadwood.”

sunandmoon24

Out…but it’s not her fault. Really ugly dress, but she’s almost making it work.
But not quite

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3JSTXMWWVZN2QNP2UEKJMTWD7U Isabel

Out – makes her look fat

http://twitter.com/Rueclergirl Celeste

Girl, that is not your dress….

Lilithcat

It’s not just you.

The color is horrid with her skin tone, and the dress! Oy! I don’t think there is anyone on whom that dress would look good.

poggi

I love her freckles, but not her dress. Out. The color is not that flattering and it’s a busy dress that looks even busier when scaled down from model proportions.

ballerinawithagun

Out! When did Donatella go all ruffly on us???

snarkykitten

ugly old lamp shade

altalinda

It has all of the drawbacks you say, and still she makes it work. Not great, but just good enough for an in. Adore her freckles!

Susan Crawford

Lucy Liu, in this case, it isn’t just T and Lo. This really is NOT your dress, although you have maintained your usual cool attitude. The color is Playtex nude a la 1955, and the skirt seems dragged down, over-embellished and ill fitting. St. Tim of Gunn, in one of his Epistles to the Bitter Kittens, stated that it is all about proportion and fit, but this dress fails on both counts. OUT, alas. But knowing you, Miss Lucy, you’ll be back knocking us dead again in no time!

momogus

She looks beautiful (love the hair), but that dress is an OUT.

lrhoff

Oh good god, please someone splash some color on her. She looks like……I just don’t know. She looks bad.

She’s making it work. I’m loving her hair and lack of jewelry with this inarguably fussy dress. IN.

lesmaha

I love her, and she almost makes this really UGLY dress work. So, sorry to say, OUT.

golspie

This dress makes her look drab and bedraggled. And is that a finger smear across her right breast? Wish it was mine.

guest2visits

I’d really like it to work; but it’s just a fussy old nightgown that’s been in the attic trunk long enough that some of the
panels have rotted away. It’s the beauty of Lucy Liu that gives it any life at all.

http://eclectictsunami.blogspot.com/ Cassie

I don’t want to be blinded by her beauty and fabulousness, but…I am. Damn it. IN.

Peeve

I adore Lucy Liu, almost as much as I dislike this dress. Way too many ruffles, awful color, and too fussy for Lucy. The same shape in a saturated color and a sleeker style would have been great.

http://vhanna26.typepad.com Vera

Like Solange, she’s wearing an ugly dress very well. Still OUT, though.

http://blue-again.myopenid.com/ blue

It’s not you. That dress looks like a nightgown from the goodwill bin. It’s ratty and old-fashioned to boot.

BrooklynBomber

It’s not just you. . . it’s a terrible, terrible dress. OUT.

MissMariRose

OUT. That is not her dress.

GTrain

Ugly. OUT

quiltrx

IN, though I wish it weren’t so close to her skin tone.

http://twitter.com/ndpndntfilm Susan Velazquez

Out.

Which is a shame because if it wasn’t all weirdly layered and lacy, she would look great.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1666161627 Julie Cage Racster

Out. Dorf on the red carpet.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Julie-Chase/731391326 Julie Chase

Out. The color is awful.

judybrowni

between the venetian blinds on the hips and the vajayjay breeze panel the dress gets an OUT, but lucy herself is an IN.

Would have been brilliant in another color, or maybe two-toned. Also her tits look like they are crying, needs more bodice structure in order to eliminate the bedspread feeling.

lifetime_student

Maybe it is just me, but I just don’t like this trend for dresses that look like the height of fashion in a posh, late 19th century Storyville brothel.

rainwood1

OUT. It’s not you, it’s her.

kimmyjean

looks like one of Cher’s old nightgowns-OUT! (except if you are Cher..)

http://twitter.com/pag_baj Paige Boerman

OUT. Her head looks lovely, though.

Judih1

She has the attitude and posture for this dress, but that still is not enough to save it. OUT – primarily for the color and the train wreck below the knees

NCDFan

Out. Sorry that dress is a mess.

hyekyoclara

of course out
it is like nightgown that women in past wore before going to bed

http://annequichante.wordpress.com/ Anne

I think SHE looks beautiful but I don’t like the dress.

http://profiles.google.com/grandiva1968 e jerry powell

Donatella say what?

I like the color even less seeing what strobe flash does to it on the red carpet.

http://twitter.com/Merneith Merneith

Out. I keep wanting to talk myself into liking this dress, which I do like, very much in theory. I like it on the model. Maybe it’s just the lighting in Liu’s pictures that make it seem off? I don’t know. But it doesn’t really sing. I almost like it though. Anyway, when I have to work this hard, it’s an OUT.

demidaemon

OUT. The makeup and hair are awesome, but the old bra dress is just awful.

DCSheehan

In. It works. Somehow. I suspect mirrors.

RzYoung

Oh I LOVE her so unconditionally…I’m willing to give it an IN…it’s not that nice though but her lovely face, grace and hair make up for it…just keep looking at her above the neck and we’ll be fine.

Also I love that she’s rocking a little scar on her boob and doesn’t feel the need to cover it! And her freckles too! Man, you never see freckles any more. Her complexion is to die for.

Thathoodwink

The dress looks great in the editorial shoot where the lighting picks up all of the pretty details. On Lucy it does look like she ran through a curtain and is now wearing that curtain.

JMansm

IN. I think in this case it’s you guys. I adore the make up, hair and the earrings. As for the dress I think the neckline is super chic with a vague athletic wear/casual wear reference. As for the panels of fabrics in different patinas and colours and textures I think it’s brilliant and gorgeous. The one issue I have is with the bust treatment – it should be more streamlined and just simple in terms of construction; I think having different fabrics works for that area but with the ruffles and the way loose-fitting illusion it goes too far and distracts from the rest of this already complex dress.

Aurumgirl

She looks lovely because she is lovely–gorgeous skin, perfectly styled hair, subtle make up, a pretty smile…but that gown is a hindrance to all of that, not an enhancement. There are many women who would look good in a potato sack, but that doesn’t mean it should be the outfit of choice.

http://twitter.com/Eovaai Eovaai

OUT. Looks way too much like bedding and does nothing for her.

fatima_bird

Its as if she saw the picture in the lookbook and thought it would be pink…and it showed up like nude granny panties. but by that point she was contractually obliged to wear the dress or else risk a high profile fashion scandal. poor lucy. life is hard.

http://twitter.com/LOfficielEbony TheVeryLivingEND

IN! She’s preeeeeetttyyy.

bellafigura1

All’s I can say is Zoe Saldana should print and frame your compliment to her. Adding her to the pantheon of Blanchett and Swinton? Hardly (especially recently).

filmcricket

OUT. For all the reasons you listed.

filmcricket

Also, is it me, or does she frequently try these soft, romantic looks that aren’t really her? Maybe in real life she is just a big ol’ softie, but I get the impression she’s trying to counter her frequent onscreen badassness (in much the same way that Hilary Swank keeps trying desperately to remind us she’s a woman). To which I say: Lucy, we’ve got lots of frilly girls. We need more tough chicks. Embrace your inner kickboxer and go with something sleek and fierce.

She’s almost working it despite the color. The color just is icky. The form of the dress and all is great on her though.

AmandaCathleen

Love this on the model, in that exact lighting and pose… but in real life, even Lucy Liu can’t save this garment. OUT.

BazoDee

OUT! Bur her face looks flawless -adding to perception that it is an in, but really it is an OUT

Aly Light

IN…

Kristy Evans

OUT. Ugly. Slutty curtain dress.

Jessica O’Connell

Ugly. I love her, but she is SO OUT here.

http://twitter.com/cornekopia Shawn EH

In! Now imagine it on Fan Bing Bing. Still in!

http://robot-heart.tumblr.com heartbot

It’s not just the old bra color. It’s that everything about this looks like pieced together bits of ancient, worn-out lingerie. Yuck.

KSpence

She’s too short for the dress, and the color is wrong. Out.

BeeBeauNYC

OUT. I love Lucy Liu — love love love her, but this dress looks like it was made from old saloon curtains.

http://frankbettecenter.org/ sleah_in_norcal

in. i agree that the color is not so good with her skin tone, but it is a stunning dress with an antique romantic look. a gorgeous crystal necklace from an estate sale would be perfect here. something the widow in deadwood might wear in her boudoir while awaiting the sheriff, that steaming hunk of manhood timothy oliphant. but i digress.

http://profiles.google.com/sara.e.munoz Sara Munoz

Out.

Judy_J

Hate it. OUT.

Mary_Shelley

Awful. Awful awful awful.

bailey debruynkops

the blush color looks good on her, its in nightgown territory but oh well, IN

Sunshine16

Out because someone put the flawless LL in such a sad color! She almost transends it

yulaffin

I like it except for the color.

Warmheartedgirl Seattle

OUT – ugly. Too long, too negligee-y, crappy color. Her hair is beautiful, and I love the earrings. But sadly, no, this is an OUT.

MarissaLG

She looks lovely in the gown, and I don’t really have a problem with the color it’s just…I don’t LIKE it. Sorry Lucy, OUT.

giiiirrrr

I have to give it an IN because her face and hair look amazing and the neckline (and boobage) sits perfectly on her torso. I never really got any lower than that.

CatherineRhodes

OUT

BigWhiteGrannyPanties

OUT! UGLY!

SophieCollier

That dress, particularly the skirt, need a lot of height to carry it off. That’s why it looks kind of “hmmmm” on Ms. Liu. Also, super frilly femme looks aren’t really her shtick. She’s elegant and sophisticated. This dress is just a bit to girly girl.

Caaro3

IN. She’s pulling it off. Lovely.

Cat_In_A_Hat

Let’s see…

*Takes a step back and squints eyes*

Nope. Still ugly. OUT!

formerlyAnon

Out. The color is supremely unimpressive and there’s so much going on below the hips that the relatively plain top looks out of proportion. To me. And imagining an attempt to balance by adding a necklace just illustrates how much is wrong with the dress (or, possibly, my imagination) because it was surprisingly difficult to imagine a necklace that wouldn’t just make the whole thing worse.

http://twitter.com/SamH4Prez Samantha

Lucy Liu in Atelier Versace? That’s an in on name alone.

DeGuz

Nightgown. OUT.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=500831804 Lucie Shaw

IN!
i think the light beige color makes her skin tone look fairer.

Sarah Michaels

Out. But it’s the Versace, not her. Hate Versace.

http://twitter.com/zeej jerryz

against everything, i think this is gorgeous.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=583505025 Kelley Comfort

I love Atelier Versace, but that dress is a big NO. OUT.

http://www.facebook.com/brendan.foehr Brendan Foehr

Does Lucy Liu go shooting? Seriously, it looks like she has a shell-casing burn on her left tit.